الخميس، 31 ديسمبر 2015

FC Barcelona News: 31 December 2015; Barcelona End Year with Win, Barça B Sign Robert Gonçalves

FC Barcelona claim 4–0 victory over Betis and top spot to end 2015 | FC Barcelona
Wednesday was living proof. Messi — making his 500th Barça appearance — jolted the crowd out of its collective stupor following a lacklustre opening 20 minutes of play, then gave the stadium the scare of its life moments later, and closed out an electrifying 15-minute sequence with one of his signature goals.

Leo Messi: 'It's been a spectacular year' | FC Barcelona
Leo Messi, who scored one of the goals and also played his 500th match in an FC Barcelona shirt, highlighted the difficulties against Betis: "It was a strange game, complicated. We found it tough to pick up the pace of the game, which is always hard after a few days of vacation. But we did the most important thing, which was to win tonight," Messi said.

Luis Enrique not looking back, but ahead to 2016 | FC Barcelona
Mission accomplished. That was the gist of the message relayed by FC Barcelona head coach Luis Enrique following his team’s 4–0 triumph at Camp Nou in their final game if 2015, a result which allows his team to claim the top spot in the league table to start the new year.

Lionel Messi plays his 500th game for Barcelona - ESPN FC
Lionel Messi appeared in his 500th match in all competitions for Barcelona, scoring once in a 4-0 win over Real Betis on Wednesday. Messi is the sixth player to reach the landmark for the club and the first non-Spanish player to do so.

Barcelona break Spanish record with 180 goals in 2015 | Sky Sports
One hundred and eighty! Barcelona broke Real Madrid's Spanish record for most goals in a calendar year on Wednesday night, taking their tally for 2015 to 180. Fresh from winning their fifth trophy of the year at the Club World Cup in Japan, Barca returned to La Liga action and strolled past Betis thanks to two goals from Luis Suarez, another from Lionel Messi and a Heiko Westermann own goal.

Barça present Club World Cup to the fans | FC Barcelona
In the moments before the league game against Real Betis, FC Barcelona presented the recently acquired FIFA Club World Cup to the Camp Nou crowd. The Barça squad were keen to share their latest trophy with the fans and place it alongside the other four titles claimed in 2015, creating an image that will go down in the Club’s history.

Five titles, 180 goals - is there any stopping Barcelona in 2016? - Goal.com
Time will tell, of course. After all, Real Madrid finished 2014 with four trophies, a hatful of goals and a club record 22 victories in a row last December, only to fade after Christmas and miss out on all the major prizes at the end of last season. So Barca will be wary of counting its chickens just yet.

FC Barcelona's 4–0 victory over Real Betis, on social media | FC Barcelona
The players take to their favourite social networks to celebrate following their final game of 2015.

Leo Messi makes 500th appearance with FC Barcelona | FC Barcelona
As if winning five titles in 2015 wasn’t enough, among the litany of other achievements won by FC Barcelona and its players, Lionel Messi added one more feat to his myriad accomplishments by appearing in his 500th career game for the club. And he did it in front of the home fans on Wednesday night against Real Betis, marking the occasion by scoring the second in a 4-0 victory over the Andalusians

Messi, Neymar Jr, Iniesta and Alves in France Football world XI of 2015 | FC Barcelona
The year is drawing to a close, and with that comes the traditional announcement of the France Football world team if the year. And after FC Barcelona won five major trophies, including the European and World titles, it was only natural for them to be feature prominently.

Barcelona Transfer News Winter Window Watch - ESPN FC
Why? Finances. Rules laid down in Barca's statutes mean that the club's net debt cannot be any higher than 2.5 times their EBITDA (net income plus interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) in 2015-16. With the ratio currently in the region of 2.41, that leaves little room to manoeuvre when it comes to transfer fees and salaries.

The figure of Patrick O'Connell honoured at FC Barcelona v Betis | FC Barcelona
Coinciding with Wednesday's La Liga clash at Camp Nou between FC Barcelona and Real Betis, the figure of Patrick O'Connell, who was Coach of both teams, was recognized in an official ceremony held in the Presidential Josep Suñol Box at the stadium.

Rival watch: Wins for both Madrid teams but FC Barcelona stay top | FC Barcelona
Atlético Madrid, who missed out on the chance to go temporarily top of the table with 1-0 defeat at Malaga before Christmas, left it late to avoid dropping two more points from their trip to Rayo Vallecano. Correa after 88 minutes and Griezmann after 90 finally found the net just when it looked like the game was heading for a 0-0 draw.

Barça B sign Roberto Gonçalves on loan | FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona have reached an agreement with Brazilian club Fluminense for the loan signing of Robert Gonçalves until the end of the season. The player has passed his medical and he is expected to begin training with the rest of Gerard López’s squad from this Thursday.

The best FC Barcelona goals from LaLiga Promises | FC Barcelona
Barça’s U14 B team has won the LaLiga Promises that has been going on over the Christmas holidays. The side coached by Sergi Milà played in Barça’s characteristic style and had to overcome some top quality opponents like the unbeaten Celta and Villarreal, who had already defeated the Catalans in the group stage.



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